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Inaccurate
- Health
Posted on: 2022-02-02
Claims that a phase 3 clinical trial showed that ivermectin is effective against Omicron are inaccurate and based on a now-corrected Reuters article

Claim:

Phase 3 trial shows that Ivermectin is effective against Omicron

Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2022-01-31
Inaccurate
- Health
Posted on: 2021-08-16
U.S. prison releases complemented other strategies to limit the spread of COVID-19 in jails and prisons, including face masks

Claim:

Masks don’t work; prisoners were released instead of being given masks

Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-08-02
Flawed reasoning
- Health
Posted on: 2020-11-06
There is no evidence supporting the claim that preexisting T cell immunity reduces COVID-19 mortality and infection rate; such cross-reactive T cells predate the pandemic

Claim:

“the reason why the death rate is so low is because our body has another way to create immunity that goes beyond just the antibodies, it’s called the memory T cells”

Source: YouTube, Eric Berg, 2020-10-28

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